Improvement in cotton-gin feeder



J.RAL ST0N. COTTON GIN FEEDER.

,102. Patented Sept. 6.1870.

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'JOE RALSTON, OF BRE'NHA-M, TEXAS.

Letters Patent Nl 107,102, dated Sqite'inber', 1870'.

IIIMPROVElli/ENI'J- IN COTTON-GIN FEEDER.-

The Schedule referred to in these Lettersl Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom lit may concern Be it known that I, Jon RALsToN, of Brenham, in the county of iVashi'ngton and State ofv Texas, have invented a new and improved Cotton-gin Feeder and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and ,exact description thereof, which will enable others ing and distrihitting-bars, as hereinafter -described.

Figurel isa longitudinal sectional elevation of my 'improved feeder attachment, and

`1"igure 2 is a plan lview of the saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. i

A is th'eease or frame, having two side walls, B, and open at the top aindends,`

C is an eudlessaprob, arranged ou rollers D in the bottomf thecase, one of which is provided with a ratchet-wheel, E, for nnparting motion to it. V

F is a toothed cylinder or roller, placed at one end of the case, above the apron,to take the cotton th ere from and deliver it to the saws of the gin, the said end or' the case in which it is placed being suitably arranged for the purpose, and so attached to the frame of the gin as to bring the teeth'on the deliveringside in the proper position relatively'ito the saws.

grit rlhe movemento this c ylluder at the under side-1s opposite to that of the lapron, and the cotton is conquently taken from the said apron iu advance of the point where the apron passes down under the. end roller thereof.

G is a toothed equalzing-bar, placed in advance of 'the cotton from 'the'apron vto the cylinder arresting and holding the excess supplied yon the teeth thereof to be drawn o" gradually by the teeth of the roller.y

'lhecotton is supplied over Athe sides B, and spread on the apro by hand.

The gravehsand, nails, aud"other heavy matters will naturally fall to the apron as the cot-ton is working along to the roller F, where it istaken up away from the apron, leavingr the said matters thereon to' be carried under the 1'oller `F and delivered over the end rollers D intofauy receptacle.

The said roller F is operated by a belt from any suitable power, and one end is provided-with a crank,

AK, for working a pawl-iever; M, by a connecting-rod, L.

Y This -paufI-Iever has two pawls, N- O, one above and the other below its fulorum, working in the teeth of.

the ratchet-wheel .E for driving the lapron G.

'lhe rod L is connected to .thejcrank Kin a radial slot, so that its movement may be made greater or lesser, for -varying the speed oftheapron. i v

To keepthe apron extended i he -breadth its full .capacity at all times, l have provided it with cords 1 in the edges and between the'- made grooves in the rollers Y which, working in the grooves, prevent the apron from diminishing in breadth by stretching lengthwjse A Therear roller Dis adjustable by two screws for tightening the belt'c. Y i l I am aware that a hooked-toothed cylinder for conveyingcottou to the ginning device isnot new, and vI ies, if required, and

therefore have no desire to claim it specifically as a part of my invention.

Having thus described niy invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters' .Patentt The arrangement of the bars G and H wit-h reference to the apron and cylinder l1`,as and for thel purpose speciiied. A

JOE RALSTONJ lv'itne'sses:

C. WrrTEBoRG,

F. Gourmand.

for the said cords,- 

